Shopping Bag
My AccountTomorrow’s Featured Book Event:
Mountain Writers Third Wednesday Reading Series (The Press Club, @7:30pm): Please join Mountain Writers for our Third Wednesday Reading Series features Carlos Reyes and Lex Runciman. Come early for dinner or a hot toddy before the reading.
Carlos Reyes is a noted poet and translator.His latest book of poetry is The Book of Shadows: New and Selected Poems (LostHorse Press, 2009). Among his other volumes are The Shingle Weaver’s Journal (1980), At the Edge of the Western Wave (2004), and A Suitcase Full of Crows (1995), winner of the Bluestem Prize. His most recent book of translations is Ignacio Ruiz-Prez’s La seal del cuervo/The Sign of theCrow. Last year he was recipient of The Fortner Award from St Andrews College. He has been an Oregon Arts Commission Fellow, a Yaddo Fellow, aFundacion Valparaoso Fellow, (Spain), a Heinrich Boll Fellow (Ireland) and most recently the poet-in-resident at the Joshua Tree National Park.
Lex Runciman has lived most of his life in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. Starting from Anywhere (Salmon Poetry, Ireland, 2009) is his fourth collection of poetry, following Luck (1981), The Admirations (1989), winner of the Oregon Book Award, and Out of Town (2004). A co-editor of two anthologies, his own work has appeared in several anthologies including From Here We Speak and Portland Lights. He is Professor of English at Linfield College, where he received the Edith Green Award in teaching in 1997.
Other Book Events Tomorrow:
Evening Book Group (Hillsboro Main Library, 6:45pm): Join a lively discussion of a popular fiction or nonfiction book. This month’s selection is “Let the Great World Spin: a novel” by Colum McCann.
Women Writing For (a) Change (In Other Words Women’s Books & Resources, @7:00pm): Women Writing for (a) Change inspires women and girls to craft more conscious lives through the art of writing and the practices of community. This mission is rooted in the knowledge that the well-being of women and girls has a positive effect on families, institutions, and the planet. WWf(a)C circles provide communities within which writers develop their skills, strengthen their voices, enhance their health, and learn to appreciate their capacity to create positive change in all spheres The emphasis of the class is on authentic voice, community- building, and the exploration of writing as a creative, therapeutic or spiritual practice and a tool of social change. Please come and experience the safe and supportive environment that will inspire writing, careful listening and respect for each woman’s words. For more information about WWf(a)C in Portland, go to www.womenwritingwest.com.
You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County.
